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Assessment & Evaluation Methods Flashcards

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  1. A principal is reviewing the campus's use of diagnostic assessments at the start of the school year. The primary purpose of diagnostic assessments in this context is to:

    Answer: Identify prerequisite skill gaps to inform initial instructional grouping and planning

    Diagnostic assessments at the start of the year reveal students' prerequisite knowledge gaps so teachers can target instruction and place students in appropriate intervention tiers from the outset.

  2. When a Texas campus is rated 'Not Rated: Data Integrity Issues' under the state accountability system, this designation most likely means:

    Answer: Irregularities in testing administration or data submission compromised the validity of results

    'Not Rated: Data Integrity Issues' is assigned when TEA determines that testing irregularities, improper accommodations, or data errors make the campus's assessment results unreliable.

  3. A principal wants teachers to use rubrics consistently when scoring student writing. To establish inter-rater reliability, the best strategy is to:

    Answer: Conduct anchor paper calibration sessions where teachers score the same samples and discuss discrepancies

    Anchor paper calibration—where raters independently score identical student samples and reconcile differences—is the standard method for establishing inter-rater reliability.

  4. A principal evaluates campus-developed common assessments and finds that several items have a point biserial correlation near zero. This statistic indicates:

    Answer: The item does not discriminate between students who know and don't know the content

    A point biserial correlation near zero means the item score is not correlated with overall test performance, suggesting the item fails to differentiate students by mastery level.

  5. Under Texas state law (TEC §39.030), which action is strictly prohibited during STAAR administration?

    Answer: Providing teachers with student test booklets to review item content after testing

    Texas law prohibits educators from reviewing secure STAAR test content; doing so constitutes a testing irregularity and may result in sanctions against the educator and campus.

  6. A principal wants to use value-added modeling (VAM) to evaluate teacher effectiveness. The primary advantage of VAM over raw student proficiency rates is that VAM:

    Answer: Controls for prior achievement so growth attributable to teaching is isolated

    Value-added models statistically control for students' prior achievement levels, isolating the contribution of instruction to student growth rather than reflecting incoming student characteristics.

  7. A campus improvement plan goal is written as: 'Increase the percentage of Grade 5 students scoring at Masters Grade Level on STAAR Math from 22% to 30% by May 2027.' This goal meets SMART criteria primarily because it is:

    Answer: Specific, measurable, and time-bound with a clear baseline and target

    The goal specifies the grade, subject, performance level, a quantified baseline (22%), a quantified target (30%), and a deadline (May 2027), satisfying the SMART framework.